Magick Vol. I

Magick: A Study on Witchcraft [Volume One]

By Paris Rougiard

[Published by IPCS on the 18th of Fellnight of the year 630]

Author’s note:

I hope this provides the public with a positive understanding of the practice of magic and Witchcraft.

This book is dedicated to the witch Charlotte who helped in my research and Hana Rougiard.

Chapter One-
Witches have been misunderstood for hundreds of years. Most humans have been taught from a young age to fear what we do not understand and magic is no exception. Magic (or Magick) has been around longer than humanity and perhaps even life itself. Those who dare to study and use this supernatural power have only learned a fraction about what magic is and even then don’t understand it fully. Those who practice still have much to learn.

Chapter Two-
The study of magic is a field of study dominated primarily by women. Witches practice in many different ways from alchemy to a variety of rituals. According to Charlotte, “A good witch has a remedy for any problem, if it can be helped. This can include deadly problems… which is why [witches] sometimes make poisons.”

Charlotte personally practices making health potions and does rituals to assist her garden and home.

Chapter Three-
Although a witch’s rituals may sound ominous and nefarious one would be surprised that non-practitioners use them too.

Many rituals have trickled their way into the homemaking hacks. Rituals like luck, are based on superstitions. Charlotte told me that she grows her sugarcane on sand rather than soil to make it grow quicker and that sprinkling gone bone onto your garden helps it grow.

Rituals range from simple farming to creating a ring of fire to transport oneself from one place to another.

There are many practical uses for magic that the common person uses without even knowing it.

Chapter Four-
As far as male magic practitioners go, there aren’t many. Women as witches have a more consistent reputation than their male counterparts.

Men tend to be witch-doctors and warlocks although there are no rules about one’s gender and magical abilities.

Witch doctors do tend to be wise counsel in medicine. Warlocks, however, serve higher beings including a dark abyssal dragon, hellish creatures, and three-headed creatures of corruption.

Of all magic practitioners, Warlocks tend to be more devious.

Chapter Five-
There is still much to understand about magic in the world of witchcraft but there’s a lot to learn from witched for those who don’t practice.

Although it takes a great deal of bravery to study and learn from something that may seem dangerous and impossible to understand, the rewards are great.

Those who study magic are noble in their pursuits and we should do everything in our power to support them.